British Literature Quiz 30 (20 MCQs)

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1. Modern English begins with this period.
2. Social, psychological, and religious debates in modern plays are the features of drama in
3. Which type of poem consists of 14 lines and follows a specific rhyme scheme, often used by Shakespeare to express love and emotions?
4. Who is considered the pioneer of the Romantic movement in literature?
5. The use of clues to hint at what is going to happen later in the plot.
6. Why can Yamba forgive her captors?
7. Name two Elizabethan sonneteers.
8. The restoration of the Stuart monarchy to the throne with the return of Charles II from France in 1660; the literary period of the later part of the century of which the leading figure was John Dryden.
9. The repetition of the accented vowel sound, and all succeeding sounds in words which come at the end of lines of poetry.
10. A form of literature written in prose or poetry or a combination of the two which relies on action to portray life and character
11. A play, novel, or other narrative depicting serious and important events, in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
12. Satire is often meant to be funny, but not always.
13. Who introduced the sonnet to English literature?
14. Who are some of the prominent Romantic poets in British literature?
15. One unaccented syllable followed by an accented one
16. Poetry having no metrical pattern
17. 3 feet
18. ..... poetry mourns the dead
19. Easily excused or forgiven
20. Arrogant and stubborn about one's beliefs